SOLUTION: Here's a problem that my daughter had on her worksheet.I could solve all of the problem but this one.Rita is paddling her canoe upstream of a river at 2 miles per hour.She then tur

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Question 118962: Here's a problem that my daughter had on her worksheet.I could solve all of the problem but this one.Rita is paddling her canoe upstream of a river at 2 miles per hour.She then turns around and heads down stream at 3 miles per hour.What is her paddling speed and what is the speed of the current?Is there enough information to solve?
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
YES THERE IS ENOUGH DATA TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
(3-2)/2=1/2 MPH IS THE SPEED OF THE CURRENT.